College
College of Business Administration
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-05 22:29:39
Major
Economics
Honors Course
3250:434 and 497
Number of Credits
3
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2022
Abstract
As schools and daycares closed in March of 2020, mothers left the labor market in droves, either completely giving up their jobs or significantly cutting back on hours in order to care for children and/or help facilitate online learning. Furthermore, fields historically dominated by women were particularly hard hit, such as education, hospitality, and retail causing many women who may not be mothers to leave the work force as well. This paper considers how women’s labor force participation has changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and how the re-opening of schools, in particular, has impacted women’s return to the workforce. Triple difference estimation shows a small but statistically significant positive effect for both women’s labor force participation and women’s employment status as schools re-open.
Research Sponsor
Ali Enami
First Reader
Amanda Weinstein
Second Reader
Ali Enami
Honors Faculty Advisor
Sucharita Ghosh
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
DiFeo, Isabella, "COVID-19 School Re-openings: The Effect on Women’s Labor Force Participation" (2022). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1606.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1606